Improving search effectiveness with field-based relevance modeling

Binsheng Liu, Oren Kurland, Xiaolu Lu, J. Shane Culpepper

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Abstract

Fields are a valuable auxiliary source of information in semi-structured HTML web documents. So, it is no surprise that ranking models have been designed to leverage this information to improve search effectiveness. We present the first (initial) study of utilizing field-based information in the relevance modeling framework. Fields play two different, and integrated, roles in our models: sources of information for inducing relevance models and units on which relevance models are applied for ranking. Our preliminary results suggest that field-based relevance modeling can improve precision at top ranks; specifically, to a greater extent than the commonly used BM25F and SDM-Fields field-based models. Further analysis shows that using field-based relevance models mainly improves the effectiveness of tail queries. Our findings suggest that using field-based information together with relevance modeling is a promising area of future exploration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 23rd Australasian Document Computing Symposium, ADCS 2018
EditorsAndrew Trotman, Bevan Koopman, Paul Thomas
ISBN (Electronic)9781450365499
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Dec 2018
Event23rd Australasian Document Computing Symposium, ADCS 2018 - Dunedin, New Zealand
Duration: 11 Dec 201812 Dec 2018

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference23rd Australasian Document Computing Symposium, ADCS 2018
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityDunedin
Period11/12/1812/12/18

Keywords

  • Field-based retrieval models
  • Relevance modeling
  • Web search

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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